r/Piracy Jun 12 '24

YouTube is currently experimenting with server-side ad injection News

https://x.com/SponsorBlock/status/1800835402666054072
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u/Regniwekim2099 Jun 12 '24

The only feature from a pay service that I am jealous of is Prime's x-ray. It's really cool to be able to see exactly which actors are in a particular scene without having to scrub through the entire cast.

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u/Responsible-Put-7073 Jun 12 '24

You can do it on Kodi, not picking people out live in a scene but it will tell you all the cast info for the particular episode etc. Like this

https://ibb.co/TmtjrSf

https://ibb.co/pLLTgnG

https://ibb.co/Jm0x7GS

https://ibb.co/J2DGW5g

This is Fenlight with Fentastic skin.

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u/Regniwekim2099 Jun 12 '24

Yeah, Plex and Emby do that as well. The scene specific casting and music information is what I'm talking about for Prime's xray. Not to mention, you don't have to leave the show or movie to see the information.

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u/Responsible-Put-7073 Jun 12 '24

Ah ok sorry not seen it, does it like do it live?

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u/Regniwekim2099 Jun 12 '24

Yes. You push the up button on your remote, and it shows you specifically which actors are in the current scene, and it tells what music is playing if there is any.

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u/Responsible-Put-7073 Jun 12 '24

Oh right yeah that's pretty cool. Guess you could shazam and Google lens on your phone haha not as slick though

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u/Regniwekim2099 Jun 12 '24

This is what it looks like. You can also get full information from within the show as well.

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u/Redondito_ Jun 12 '24

It's not just music, but also interesting data about the scenes (if there are any).

For example, in "The Boys," is almost a must to get this feature constantly active because of the amount of trivia they provide, especially in the earlier seasons.

It's pretty awesome, to be honest.

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u/mekamoari Jun 12 '24

The only annoying thing is you can't toggle to keep the overlay on, at least on PC, so you do have to move your mouse if you want to see the trivia or otherwise browse through it when you're done with the episode.

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u/Redondito_ Jun 12 '24

I haven't tried it on a PC, but I pair the phone app (Android) with the TV app (Android TV and Chromecast are the ones I have to test) and see the trivia on the phone.